plaining at Long Lane, "' He that committeth sin is of
WESLEY'S JOURNAL
Jan. 1742 that for awhile he could not speak.
At length, he said, '"T am he that interrupted you at the new room, on Monday.
I have had no rest since, day or night, nor could have till I had spoken to you.
I hope you will forgive me, and that it will be a warning to me all the days of my life."
Wesley's Congregation Stoned 1742.
Mon. Jan. 25 (London).—While I was explaining at Long Lane, "' He that committeth sin is of the devil" ; his servants were above measure enraged: they not only made all possible noise (although, as I had desired before, no man stirred from his place, or answered them a word); but violently thrust many persons to and fro, struck others, and break down part of the house.
At length they began throwing large stones upon the house, which, forcing their way wherever they came, fell down, together with the tiles, among the people, so that they were in danger of their lives.
I then told them, "You must not go on thus; I am ordered by the magistrate, who is, in this respect, to us the minister of God, to inform him of those who break the laws of God and the King: and I must do it if you persist herein ; otherwise I am a partaker of your sin."
When I ceased speaking they were more outrageous than before.
Upon this I said, '" Let three or four calm men take hold of the foremost, and charge a constable with him, that the law may take its course." They did so, and brought him into the house, cursing and blaspheming in a dreadful manner. I desired five or six to go with him to Justice Copeland, to whom they nakedly related the fact.
The justice immediately bound him over to the next sessions at Guildford.
I observed when the man was brought into the house,